Sarasota's 24-hour cable television news channel will resume operation at 5 p.m. Thursday, station owner and general manager Linda DesMarais said. SNN, launched by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 1995, went off the air in January after an attempt to sell the news operation to DesMarais and other investors fell through. A key investor backed out, but DesMarais, her husband, Douglas Barker, and other investors in LDB Media LLC have negotiated the purchase, which should close this week. ...more

February 25, 2009

Bill Murphy says he has "a little obnoxious clock" on his desk that is counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds toward his "retirement" from WTVT, Channel 13. ...more

December 29, 2007

The winner of last week's trivia challenge says he has the world's greatest TV trivia question: ...more

December 13, 2007

Wishing viewers "God bless and smooth sailing," anchor Bob Hite signed off the 6 p.m. newscast Wednesday to end a 30-year-career at WFLA, Channel 8. ...more

November 29, 2007

TAMPA - Wishing viewers "God bless and smooth sailing," anchor Bob Hite signed off the 6 p.m. newscast Wednesday to end a 30-year-career at WFLA, Channel 8. ...more

November 28, 2007

Bob Hite's last day as an anchor at WFLA, Channel 8, is Wednesday. His Apollo Beach home has been sold. His wife, Bonnie, already is at their remote mountain home in Colorado. The nearest town is Durango in southwest Colorado. ...more

November 25, 2007